Ford kills SVT unit

2007 Shelby Cobra Mustang to be performance division's swan song

Source: Autoblog

http://tinyurl.com/f47ew

Too bad, but inevitable. There's no way Ford could continue to justify
SVT, considering current market and Corporate fiscal conditions.

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